Cesar Chavez

April 15, 2008 - 10:19am
PRESS RELEASE

SENATE APPROVES BILL INCLUDING LATINO MUSEUM, CESAR CHAVEZ PROVISIONS

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the United States Senate passed legislation that includes provisions which could lead to the creation of a National Museum of the American Latino, and also paves the way for the designation of various historic sites around the country after the legendary César Chávez. The Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 (S. 2739), which the Senate passed today, includes both the Commission to Study the Potential Creation of the National Museum of American Latino Act of 2007 (S.500/H.R. 512), as well as the César Estrada Chávez Study Act (S. 327).

March 31, 2008 - 4:14pm
PRESS RELEASE

ON CESAR CHAVEZ'S BIRTHDAY, SEN. MENENDEZ HONORS HIS LEGACY, DECRIES REPUBLICAN BLOCKAGE OF RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING HIM

Washington - Today marks the 81st anniversary of the birth of one of the nation’s foremost civil rights and labor leaders, Cesar Estrada Chavez. Despite the ongoing efforts of Democrats in the Senate to pass a resolution honoring this prominent Latino civil rights leader, Senate Republicans blocked it last year and have done so again this year.

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